Kukla's Korner Hockey

At the conclusion of the NHL draft today, Botterill (assistant GM) held court with the media and addressed the team's salary cap, how they'll proceed with free agency and the team's depth on the blue line:

On the team's salary cap space:

"I think the good situation that we’re in right now is that it’s not that have to move players. We want to bring young players into our organization especially on defense here. It’s going to be a situation where we have to make some decisions on free agency. You want to go after your top players but there’s also going to be cap restraints there. But it’s not as if we have to move players out because of our salary cap situation now."

Can you be aggressive in free agency with limited cap space?

"I think you can always be aggressive [with] different roles. Are you going to be going for top-end forwards and defenseman? No. But if you’re being aggressive going for specific needs, I think that’s what we’ll be doing for sure on July 1."